Facilitating Video Conference Session Portions Using Software Licenses Issued To Internal Device Users

Abstract

A video conference session is enabled using a video conference software license issued to an internal device user within the organization. Using the same license or different video conference software licenses, portions of the video conference session between an external device user external to the organization and various internal device users within the organization are facilitated. The video conference session remains active regardless of whether a video conference software license is detected. In the event no such license is detected at a given time during the video conference session, the external device user is moved to a virtual waiting room space associated with the video conference session until such a license is detected, such as by the connection of a licensed internal device user to the video conference session or a presentation of a license for use with the video conference session.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 facilitating a first portion of a video conference session using a first software license issued to a first internal device user of an organization; and   facilitating a second portion of the video conference session using a second software license issued to a second internal device user of the organization.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising:
 enabling the video conference session using one or more servers, wherein the video conference session is accessible by internal device users of the organization and one or more external device users external to the organization, and wherein the internal device users include at least the first internal device user and the second internal device user.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising:
 moving an external device user external to the organization from a virtual conference space of the video conference session to a virtual waiting room of the video conference session between the first portion and the second portion.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising:
 enabling, using one of the first software license or the second software license, one or more other video conference sessions to occur concurrently with the video conference session.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising:
 enabling host privileges of the video conference session for one or both of the first internal device user during the first portion or the second internal device user during the second portion.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising:
 authenticating access for some or all participants of the video conference session using a token corresponding to one of the first software license or the second software license.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising:
 sharing a recording of the video conference session based on one or both of the first software license or the second software license.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising:
 releasing the first software license based on the second portion.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising:
 detecting a threshold number of software licenses including the first software license and the second software license; and   updating functionality of the video conference session based on the detecting of the threshold number of software licenses.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising:
 determining, at one or more times during the video conference session, whether a software license is detected.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising:
 determining not to continue the video conference session; and   terminating the video conference session based on the determining not to continue the video conference session.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first portion and the second portion are both accessible via a shared uniform resource locator. 
     
     
         13 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions operable to cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
 facilitating a first portion of a video conference session using a first software license issued to a first internal device user of an organization; and   facilitating a second portion of the video conference session using a second software license issued to a second internal device user of the organization.   
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the video conference session is accessible in its entirety via a single uniform resource locator by the first internal device user, the second internal device user, and an external device user external to the organization. 
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 13 , wherein one of the first software license or the second software license is used to enable another video conference session concurrently with the video conference session. 
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the first software license is released upon a beginning of the second portion. 
     
     
         17 . A system, comprising:
 one or more memories; and   one or more processors configured to execute instructions stored in the one or more memories to:
 facilitate a first portion of a video conference session using a first software license issued to a first internal device user of an organization; and 
 facilitate a second portion of the video conference session using a second software license issued to a second internal device user of the organization. 
   
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein an external device user external to the organization is moved to a virtual waiting room of the video conference session based on a determination, at a first time during the video conference session, that no software license is detected and is moved from the virtual waiting room to a virtual conference space of the video conference session based on a determination, at a second time after the first time and during the video conference session, that a software license is detected. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein host privileges of the video conference session are enabled for one or both of the first internal device user or the second internal device user. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein functionality of the video conference session is updated based on a detection of a threshold number of software licenses.